[Scan-DC] PEPCO RFI Investigator

[Frank Carson]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Henney" <alan@henney.com>
To: "Scan DC" <Scan-DC@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 02:17
Subject: [Scan-DC] PEPCO RFI Investigator


>
> Did anybody happen to see a marked PEPCO pickup truck on the Beltway
> Thursday?
>
> It had about eight antennas on the roof and the lettering "PEPCO RFI
> INVESTIGATOR" on the side.
>
> Any clue what it does?  Radio Frequency Interference Investigations?  What
> sort of freqs?

  There's a member of my ham radio club named Mike Martin that does RFI
investigations for PEPCO.  He tracks down complaints from citizens (alot of
hams) about interference from power lines (arching, static, etc).  He has
put on classes for our club, Charles County, even at ARRL Headquarters.
Great guy - really friendly.  A few years the FCC REALLY cracked down on
power companies for such things - one in Arizona was fined $10,000 for not
correcting a long standing complaint from some people after being warned
about it.  Mike travles the country doing his things.  His ham callsign is -
yep - K3RFI.


FRank